new tonight we start off with one of the hottest stories on our website a7 week old puppy stolen from an animal rescue griew. his name is mango. he hasn't been completely weaned from his mother. now there's a desperate search for him. >> reporter: here at the animal resource foundation on kent island they're dedicated to saving the lives of animals in need but somebody took advantage of their kindness. somebody stole this little guy's brother. that's right. someone stole one of the puppies as he lay next to his mother and siblings. someone came in spending 40 minutes with it acting as if they wanted to adopt one. >> the woman left, pulled the car up to the curb. the man left. the comment was, gosh, they must

have been in hurry. >> reporter: they were. they stole one of the puppies like they're a pack of gum. >> they're pocket size puppies. >> reporter: mango, as he's known around the rescue is only seven weeks old, still a couple weeks shy of being away from the mother. >> these puppies aren't completely weaned from their mother. we're concerned about the health of the puppy. >> reporter: lily, who volunteers here, can think of only one kind of person who would steal a puppy. >> sick -- sick, sick. really needs some psychological help. >> reporter: as upset as they are, they don't have any ill will toward those people. >> all we want is our puppy back, and we will not press charges ifou return that puppy.

th's all we want. >> reporter: millly is not as sympathetic. he is can think of only one sentence that's appropriate for the puppy thieves. >> the max. we get very attached to animals we take care of here. just bring our puppy back. >> reporter: on kent island, don harrison, abc2 news. >> we got to get that puppy back. queen anne's county police want to hear you know anything. >> take a look at those lovely smiles. another great crowd expected for another night of baseball, a great game. let's check in with meteorologist mike masco. >> good news. there's nothing going on in the radar. let's keep this trend going. not much happening.

the clouds in place. it's mild. we have to keep an eye on the radar and have to keep an eye on more storms. not much happening right now. let's take you down to the stadium. storms are starting to fire out. you notice the line doesn't look like much. there's enough instability to allow for a shower, perhaps a thunderstorm. bring the rain gear just in case. let's keep the fingers crossed. hopefully we have a whole dry game ahead of us. cloudy, mild feel. 81 degrees in the city. easton is at 81. dulles is the win are at 8 -- winner at 83. that will continue through the course of the evening. 72 around 7:00. there could be more storms in the mix tomorrow. we'll show you that coming up in just a bit. >> we're down to the final

games. then it's fan appreciation day friday through sunday. crowds are buzzing and it's not because jamie costello is back. are these your replacements? >> reporter: you're looking at three young little guys and little ladies. this is the way it always used to be. i want to introduce you -- you won cal ripken's suburban the night he broke the streak. >> yes, sir. >> how much did you spend? >> more than the last bidder. >> you flew in from san diego last night. >> we flew in about three hours ago, going to catch a game tonight and tomorrow morning make the long trip back to san diego. >> in cal's car.

>> in cal's car. they took very good care of us out here. >> now you're cal's friend for life. after two straight losses you're down in the dumps a little bit. keep your chin up. let's in the forget this. enjoy the ride right now. those who ordered your playoff tickets, you could see them in the mail in the next day or two. if you didn't, when they within the on sale, you would scam it for tickets. here's what you need to know. check for colors that are out of registration or smudged ink. also, look for the edges. the paper shouldn't split. it's a big tipoff if they're fake. >> there's no dates or time because the post season has not been stled. >> reporter: when you're on the internet looking for the tickets

try to avoid craigslist and stay with reputable sites endorsed by the orioles. and there may be more tickets if they don't use up their allotment. after tonight they have one series at home. that would be the boston red sox. friday night is student night and fireworks night. saturday is the unveiling of the brooks robinson statue. all the fans will get a replica. that game is sold out. sunday, the final home game of the year and it's the fan's choice bobblehead giveaway. some will get a jj hardy bobblehead. saturday's game is sold out. also, remember that the orioles are on the front cover of sports illustrated. get a copy of that and put it

away in your museum. we're coming up on the 7:05 pitch. back to you. >> let's talk about something else. when you typically think of the weather predicting animals, punxsutawney phil comes to mind. believe it or not, baltimore has its own forecasting crustacean. mike masco is here to tell bus baltimore bill. >> yeah, baltimore bill, the weather predicting crab was at the inner harbor. bill is known as a weather expert. he was born with one claw raised out of the water, which allows him to detect warm currents. we have our baltimore bill. he joined us to give us an idea of what the weather will look like over the next seven weeks.

apparently it's going to be an early winter. >> i always think to maryland's most powerful, satellites. we'll see how the predisix come -- prediction comes through. baltimore bill predicting a colder than average winter and maybe snow. we have new developments in a murder investigation that could have gone cold. 236-year-old eric pen der grass was found dead in 2009. police have made an arrest. 31-year-old sherell ferguson is facing murder charges. the cause of the death was ruled to be asphyxiation. ferguson is being held at central booking and awaiting trial. >> in a bid to head off confusion in the future, a carroll county commissioner has proposed making english the

county's official language. county commissioner haven shoe maker said his proposal has drawn critics accusing him of being a big go. shoemaker said he just wants to promote assimilation. >> 31 states in the sunshine -- united states. two other counties in this state. so it'sing in radical by any stretch. >> the board of county commissioner also take public input on the proposed ordinance before its weekly meeting tomorrow at 1:30. it was a tragedy that ruined the life of one family. was killed and son matthew critically injured after a trucker fell aslope at the

wheel. matthew has come a long way but life is very dep of for the family. last week the family breck ounds on a new whole chair accessible ramp. we'll take a look at the family as they continue to win back after a settlement from the trucking company that caused the accident. >> we will be okay for the rest of our lives and that's the idea of lawsuits that you make people as whole as you can. of course, money never fixes things, you it certainly does help. >> abc2 news providen kuebler -- brian kuebler sits down with them. >> well, the man had ran loose on the ravens field sunday night

is talking. how he turned streaking at a game a way to fight bullying. >> with the shutdown, many steel workers are still suffering. the major contribution maryland's food banks are making. >> maryland's most powerful radar has showers and storms for this evening. we are tracking the storms next on president news at -- the news at 6. we'll be right back.

all right. we're back here live at orioles

park, camden yards. the orioles dense the toronto blue kay -- against the toronto blue jays. the boston red sox coming to town. we've had over 3,000 -- 30,000 in attendance. we'll have another great crowd tonight. the orioles need to win. the yankees won in minnesota. nick markakis' cast has been removed from his broken thumb. he should have his pins removed in tampa. and matt is having one heck of a se. i want to take you all the way back to 155 games ago to opening night, right here at camden yards. we had a man dressed in a batman costume ran out on to the field. we learned his name is mark

harvey. now i want you to flash forward about six months to last sunday neat's game between the new england patriots and the ravens. that's harvey, but he has turned his antics into a message for kids. >> you don't have to have special powers. just make a friend, take up for someone being bullied. that's what i came up with. >> reporter: he came up with t-shirts, too and wrist bands. 3% of the proceed -- 20% of the proceeds go to different organizations that helps bullying. again, it's game time at 7:05.

we'll be here to cover it. the crowd is building. are you excited? >> yeah! >> there you go. jamie costello, abc2 news. >> a little anxious, jamie? >> yeah. >> okay. he can't hear me. many a former fells point steel workers are struggling. the maryland food bank is trying to do its part to help out. more than 30,000 pounds were handed out to laid off workers and other members of the community. the union said although it's been through layoffs before, this time it's particularly difficult because workers lost benefits as well. >> many of our members have to cost between paying healthcare and paying their mortgage or

rent. we're grateful to the maryland food bank for this opportunity to take some level of stress off our members. >> they also distributed more than 30,000 pounds of food yesterday. they said about 1 -- feed about 1,000 families each day. >> take a look outside at the towson skyline looking beautiful. here's the sun. we're starting to see it set at 7:00. it's been a very muggy afternoon, mild. take a look at the shot downtown. we sit at 0 degrees -- 80 degrees. still on the summer standard, in the feeling like fall. the dew point running around, and that is a feel bringing in that moisture up from the south. 80 in town. 83 in d.c. hagerstown is at 74. that's a rain cooled

temperature. the rain or scattered showers are starting to form with the of town. should be right around 74 for your daytime high. your average daytime high and far cry from the 95 set back in 1970. the winds have been busy, southwesterly direction. that's a warming wind. we see temperatures into the 80-degree mark. there's the break with the sunshine. notice the clouds starting to filler in. clouds are in the forecast. i still have the chance of a scattered shower. we'll be in the 60s to start your thursday morning and featuring the chance of a scattered shower or temperature in the upper 70s to 80 degrees. we'll be watching the radar. you noticed a few of the spotty

showers. taneytown, westminster. and there's more scattered showers starting to fire up over west virginia. if you trace a line, looks like it will be into the city limits later tonight going into tomorrow morning. we'll have to keep an eye on the radar. at any point the storms could bubble up. a tornado chaser down in this cell over parts of east oklahoma. these bands of showers and embedded thunderstorms will be in our area. that will deliver the scattered showers. 86 in memphis. compare that to click at 63. that's where the front is currently located. future trend showing the spot showers through the course of tomorrow, tomorrow evening and on friday another band moves in our direction. be aware the next several days

feature scattered showers. mostly cloudy, spotty showers. tomorrow shame deal. 80 degrees, spotty showers and storms are in the mix. ravens game, bring the wet weather gear. could be a spot shower. 80 on thursday. so that is, well, not fall. 76 degrees on friday and we'll be into the 70s saturday through sunday. a cooling trend over the weekend. we'll seat spotty spotty -- see the spotty showers. got boston in town through the weekend. it's not going to be a wash jut but spotty showers. >> we'll call it unsettled. if you're staying in tonight, you got to check out abc2's new show "the list."

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let's take a look at what's coming up tonight. an important critical game for the o's. plus if you've been to the -- to a game, we'll take a look at who may be sitting next to you in the playoffs. >> love it or hate it. folks on both sides of the dream act are working to get your opinion. >> we'll be watching the radar, maybe a couple of scattered showers during the game and widespread showers for tomorrow. here's the planner. 76. it's muggy, mild. 72. waking up tomorrow, conditions at 55. feels like summer but fall could be back in the air. we'll show you the seven-day at 11. >> we're hoping for a win. >> we'll see you. thanks for joining us. have a good night.